A Jodo sect temple in Okegawa whose name Jonenji (Constant Nembutsu Temple) embodies the core Pure Land teaching that continuous nembutsu recitation brings salvation by Amida Nyorai. Nurtured in the post-town culture of Nakasendo's Okegawa-juku, it has served as a place of nembutsu practice and memorial rites for travelers and local residents alike. The quiet main hall and grounds continue to supp…
Jonenji is a Jodo sect temple believed to have been founded around 1430 (Eikyō 2), during the mid-Muromachi period, when it is said to have established itself as a center of nembutsu faith in this area. Details of its founding remain unclear. In the early modern period, as the Nakasendo highway was …
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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